Morgan, Joan (1905–2004)

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Morgan, Joan (1905–2004)

English actress and writer. Name variations: (pseudonyms) Iris North and Joan Wentworth Wood. Born Feb 1, 1905, in Kent, England; died July 22, 2004, in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England; dau. of Sidney Morgan (film director) and Evelyn Wood (actress).

Silent screen star, began acting at age 8; made film debut in The Cup Final Mystery (1913); appeared in title role of Little Dorrit (1920), followed by A Lowland Cinderella (1921), The Road to London (1921), Swallow (1922), Shadow of Egypt (1923) and A Window in Piccadilly (1928), among many others; made only 1 talkie, Her Reputation (1931); under pseudonym Joan Wentworth Wood, wrote 10 screenplays, including The Callbox Mystery, Chelsea Life and The Minstrel Boy; wrote several books, including Citizen of Westminster, Ding Dong Dell and The Hanging Wood; also wrote the successful play This Was a Woman (1944); began converting old buildings into homes which resulted in The Casebook of Capability Morgan (1965).

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